Caomin

When Yi Xuefeng was about to stir up trouble, King Xia sent troops.

This move was completely beyond Yi Xuefeng's expectations, and also beyond everyone's expectations.Fan Haoxuan was called to hold a battle meeting, but he didn't come back after he went, so he sent a soldier over to report.

Yi Xuefeng explained to Yuan Jia that it was always like this before sending troops out of the principle of confidentiality.

Yuan Jia didn't take it to heart at all.With the Pearl of Luck in his hand, if he really wanted to see Fan Haoxuan, there would be no problem at all.

King Xia's movements were extremely fast. Fan Haoxuan was called away two days later, when the army moved out, and the sword pointed directly at Yuzhou.The reason for attacking Yuzhou in the southwest is ready-made.The bandit rebellion in Yuzhou was not far away before. Although they didn't cause any substantial damage to the southwest, there really was a wave of people fleeing to Qingzhou.Since he came here uninvited, Southwest has the final say on how much damage will be caused.

The blood and tears in the call to arms tell how miserable the people in Qingzhou were. Thinking of the birthplace of banditry in Yuzhou, the people must be in dire straits. Since the imperial court does not act, he, King Xia, must take care of it.Anyway, after a high-sounding passage, it means that a thief came to the house not long ago and stole something from the house. Although the thief was beaten up, the stolen things have not come back, so the big guy took the knife and went to the thief. Get your losses back at home!As for taking too much, it should be called mental damage fee.

Then, the large troops drove out, and with the arrow crooked, they went directly to Shunyuan Port, the only piece of land in the southernmost part of Yuzhou that was close to Yunzhou.

Shunyuan Port was originally not much different from Dongyi, but Shunyuan was close to the sea and Dongyi was along the river. It was originally a small fishing village.Dongyi is favored by Xia Ruicheng's favor, but Shunyuan Port is due to the vigorous development of the magistrate of Yuzhou.In recent years, shipbuilding technology has become better and better, and there are more and more ships coming and going from various countries. After Yuzhou established a Shunyuan Port, it first led to the line of Lansu Island, and then the entire eastern coastline of Dading After strolling around, in just a few years, it has become very decent.

To put it simply, Shunyuan Port is rich now, but its defense is weak. It is equivalent to a soft persimmon, or a soft persimmon hanging at the door of the house. If you don't pinch it, who will you pinch?

Yi Xuefeng's old face ached slightly.He had just finished saying that Yuzhou was not moving, and King Xia just passed by.He couldn't help pointing to Wu Nan's perfect map of Yuzhou, and analyzed: "Shunyuan Port should really be taken down. After it is taken down, it connects the north and the south, and there is also a line on Lansu Island, unlike Xizhou. Now it’s pretty much blocked news.”

Yuan Jia followed the words and asked, "What's the reason why Butler Yi doesn't approve of fighting Shunyuan now?"

Yi Xuefeng tapped Shunyuan Port with his finger: "If we don't take it down now, there is only one point to defend in the southwest. If it is taken down... Shunyuan Port has no danger to defend, the whole Yuzhou except Qingzhou There are some mountains and forests on the northern line, and the rest of the place is almost a flat river..."

Yuan Jia understood.It turned out that the entire Southwest is not to say that there is rebellion, but the awareness of self-protection is still very strong. After several generations, the entire Southwest has been built like an iron bucket.The city gates in various places were originally built solidly and vigorously, and they have been repaired again recently.Now that such a Shunyuan port is being brought down, they will definitely not run away after hitting it, but will be stationed there. This is equivalent to opening a hole in the iron barrel...

Yi Xuefeng couldn't figure it out, so he put it aside temporarily.He has a mission to stay in Fan's residence this time, he has to assist Yuan Jia to clean up Fan's family for Fan Haoxuan.

As soon as King Xia set off, Xia Ruicheng stayed behind as the eldest son and presided over the government affairs in the Southwest. There was no estrangement between father and son at all.Fan Haoxuan also sent someone to tell Yuan Jia that if there was any problem, he could go to Xia Ruicheng, and if Xia Ruicheng was unsure, he would go to Princess Xia.

For the sake of those improved rice varieties, Princess Xia will definitely do her best.

Of course Princess Xia tried her best.As soon as King Xia's army left, Princess Xia came to Fan's house at noon without waiting until the next day.Fortunately, there is an old man in the house who knows Princess Xia's taste, so the meal is not wrong.

Yuan Jia felt a little annoyed in his heart, he was going to toss about making an oven in the kitchen today.

Speaking of the entire family, the only place where Yuan Jia felt bad was the kitchen.From the problem of dessert at the beginning, to the problem of the oven now, and to the fact that the bumpkin Yuan Shao can casually mention many foods that chefs have never heard of from time to time. While the chefs find it troublesome, they also It is unbelievable to tell outsiders that the new owner of the house is a refugee.If the Yuan family didn't have any money, how could it be enough for this person to torment so much?

Among other things, Princess Xia was full of praise for the Nyonya cake with coconut milk after the meal.

Yuan Jia directly dictated the recipe of this dessert to Princess Xia.

After the meal and the snacks were finished, Concubine Xia and Yuan Jia started a friendly negotiation.If it was just Yuan Jia's theoretical school, it would take less than half an hour to be devoured to the point where not even a bone was left, and Yi Xuefeng would have to step in at the critical moment.

Yi Xuefeng still thinks highly of Princess Xia.This emphasis is not on Princess Xia's status, but on the various money, food and military strength that Princess Xia has in hand.

Princess Xia is raising private soldiers.I'm afraid even King Xia and Xia Ruicheng don't know this.Yi Xuefeng knew because Fan Haoxuan told him.

These private soldiers under Princess Xia were once developed through the personal soldiers of the head of the Fan family.At that time, Fan Haoxuan was young, and these private soldiers were temporarily managed by Princess Xia for a period of time.Princess Xia didn't covet these private soldiers. When Fan Haoxuan turned ten years old, she returned these private soldiers to Fan Haoxuan.However, through those years of contact, Princess Xia has touched the method of training soldiers, turned around and pulled a team by herself, the number of people is still unknown.

Now, Princess Xia has taken a fancy to Yuanjia's sea vegetables: "I haven't eaten the sea vegetables you planted."

Yuan Jia was slightly surprised.Yi Xuefeng also analyzed to him earlier that the Southwest has little demand for seaweed, so he plans to put seaweed directly into the poor market.In fact, to Yuan Jia, it didn't matter whether he could make a business in the army, his focus had always been on the poor.

At present, although it is the first time for fishermen to grow sea vegetables, it is surprisingly simple.Fishermen have also figured out some simple ways to use it.The easiest way is to rinse the dried sea vegetables with hot water.

Such a crude method is naturally not suitable for Princess Xia, and of course Princess Xia is definitely not greedy for this kind of fresh food.

After finally seeing off Princess Xia, Yuan Jia turned to look for Yi Xuefeng: "Go to Zhuangzi. I won't be back tonight."

This season's rice has been harvested, and the grain Yuan Jia harvested from the experimental field is only enough to cover his entire village.After Zhuangzi has collected this season, he will have the leeway to distribute good seeds to those big and small forces.

What happened to this fine breed, only Yuan Jia knew.

It is not a matter of a day or two to clear the earth's qi.Fortunately, Zhuangzi said that he had already passed it roughly before.Although the output of farmers this season is not as exaggerated as in the experimental fields, they have all increased a lot.Of course, there are complaints, and the growth of weeds is also much more ferocious.

When Yuan Jia hid in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, it wasn't "I won't come back tonight", it was just that she wouldn't come back for a month.

Seeing that Fan Haoxuan went to war, King Xia also went out, and when the elders of the Fan family planned to take Qiao, and beat the bumpkin "Yuan Shao" by the way, they simply left them there.

When the Fan Mansion saw them coming, they always entertained them with tea and food.It would be impolite to say that the master is not here, but the master has gone to inspect the farmland, and he is running around without touching the ground for good seeds!This is for the entire Southwest!

Can they be wrong?cannot!

The elders of the Fan family held back for half a month. When they put down their old faces and ran to the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city, they saw it and gave them the answer.

Yuan Jia's embarrassment is not at all contrived: "There is only so much land in Zhuangzi now, and the output this season may not be enough for Xia Wang's family. Even the other few families can only wait for a while."

To the Xia Palace, the Fan family can't jump out and say, don't give it.Now the Xia Palace is the biggest barrier in the southwest, so it's okay not to give the Xia Palace a good seed.The soldiers and generals had no food, so they could only be recruited from the southwest.Although life in the Southwest is relatively easier, there are still many poor families.Although the weather conditions in the entire Southwest are good and it can produce three crops a year, the land suitable for cultivation accounts for less than one-third of the entire Southwest.Like Binzhou, if it didn't occupy a coastline and have maritime trade in recent years, many places would have no land.

More than [-]% of the land suitable for cultivation is in the hands of these big clans.If the Xia Palace wants to confiscate, they will definitely have to bleed, but if they don't bleed, once the common people can't live, it will shake the foundation.It's not that such a thing cannot be done, but as long as they haven't planned to give up the Southwest, they can't just sit back and watch such a thing happen.

The elders of the Fan family went back and silently lifted the table.

Yuan Jia, however, gained a lot of luck points from Fan Haoxuan through the luck beads, and he felt something was wrong when he harvested.

In the middle of the night, he would get up with a grunt, which directly caused Yi Xuefeng to wake up.

Yi Xuefeng's face was ugly.

Yuan Jia was a little uncertain, was Yi Xuefeng's face angry because of getting up, or was it because of Wu Nan who stuck to him like a dog's skin plaster?

Wu Nan didn't even open his eyes, and sat down with Yi Xuefeng as if he had no bones, and fell directly into Yi Xuefeng's arms, muttering: "Brother, I'm cold." Then he stretched his claws into Yi Xuefeng's body. Feng's clothes went inside.

Yuan Jia used to think that this way of getting along was like ordinary brothers; but since he and Fan Haoxuan's identities changed, the way he looks at Yi Xuefeng has a lot of meaning.

Yi Xuefeng was looked at inexplicably: "I don't know what Yuan Shao came to me in the middle of the night for?" He shook off a blanket that he brought with him, covered Wu Nan, and patted Wu Nan's back with one hand.

Yuan Jia decided not to remind, there are too few entertainment activities these days, and it would be nice to watch a live-action idol drama~ "King Xia's marching route is a bit wrong."